Hi, Axel from the IE Escalation team again with a quick note on how to use a Microsoft Fix IT to remove IE 8 silently.
First, I would like to thank the “Fix IT” team for quickly answering my questions about the tools functionality!
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When I first learned of the Microsoft Fix ITs being available, I wondered if they could be run silently. The ability to use the tool silently can be a great advantage and appeals to a large IT community allowing these fixes to run without requiring user intervention - in other words, no prompts. Luckily for us, Fix ITs are .MSI packages and so we can take advantage of the command line arguments available to accomplish our task!
I tested my theory using the IE Fix IT package that uninstalls IE8, and it works just fine!
You can download the IE 8 Uninstall Fix IT tool from KB957700!
Steps:
- Open a cmd and change directory to %windir%system32
Note: Please remember to remove the quotes from the command line above. When executing from Vista, you should open the cmd window using elevated privileges!
MSIEXEC Switches
Microsoft Fix It 50202 Msi Download
NOTE: You can get the list by typing msiexec /? from command window!
Windows ® Installer. V 4.00.6001.0 msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter] Install Options </package | /i> <Product.msi> Installs or configures a product /a <Product.msi> Administrative install - Installs a product on the network /j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>] Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user </uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode> Uninstalls the product Display Options /quiet Quiet mode, no user interaction /passive Unattended mode - progress bar only /q[n|b|r|f] Sets user interface level n - No UI b - Basic UI r - Reduced UI f - Full UI (default) /help Help information Restart Options /norestart Do not restart after the installation is complete /promptrestart Prompts the user for restart if necessary /forcerestart Always restart the computer after installation Logging Options /l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile> i - Status messages w - Nonfatal warnings e - All error messages a - Start up of actions r - Action-specific records u - User requests c - Initial UI parameters m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information o - Out-of-disk-space messages p - Terminal properties v - Verbose output x - Extra debugging information + - Append to existing log file ! - Flush each line to the log * - Log all information, except for v and x options /log <LogFile> Equivalent of /l* <LogFile> Update Options /update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp] Applies update(s) /uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode> Remove update(s) for a product Repair Options /f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode> Repairs a product p - only if file is missing o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default) e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed d - if file is missing or a different version is installed c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value a - forces all files to be reinstalled u - all required user-specific registry entries (default) m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default) s - all existing shortcuts (default) v - runs from source and recaches local package Setting Public Properties [PROPERTY=PropertyValue] Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the command line syntax. |
More MSIEXEC Documentation:
Standard Installer Command-Line Options
Microsoft Easy Fix 50202 Download
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Enjoy!
The IE Support Team
You can either delete the contents of the subfolder where the updates are stored, WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload , and then the updates not installed will be downloaded again
or, download, save, and then run the Fixit found on the following KB article with all programs and web browsers being closed - How do I reset Windows Update components ?
When you run MicrosoftFixit50202.msi you would need to choose the Aggressive mode to delete the contents of the Download subfolder. That also deletes the update history shown in Windows Update when you click the View update history link.
The updates are not uninstalled and they can be viewed by checking Installed Updates.
When the Fixit has finished running restart the system.
The updates that were not installed will be downloaded again.
Suggest you set Windows Updates to ' Download updates but let me choose whether to install them '
Then when the Update icon appears in the Notification area , install any offered .NET Framework updates by themselves, NOT with any other updates.
IIRC, they do not require a restart.
Then install the Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer by itself, too, if it has not installed as yet.
If any updates are offered for Microsoft C++ Runtimes, install them by themselves, too.
It use to take longer to install them in separate groups but, this month's massive round of updates appears to have altered that supposition.